At the time of its commissioning the Handicap was the largest vessel of any sort ever built in Norway.

In 1916 a vessel was ordered for A/R Vestlandske Lloyd (Brødrene Olsen), Stavanger with the intended name T/S Rosenberg, however the contract was sold in 1920 to Bruusgaard Kiøsteruds D/S A/S (Bruusgaard Kiøsterud & Co.), Drammen and changed to a motorship. Construction eventually commenced at the yard of Rosenberg mek. Verksted in Stavanger, with delivery taking place in January 1922 with the ship now named Handicap.

In January 1937 the Handicap was sold to Ringdals Rederi A/S (Olav Ringdal), Oslo and was renamed Ringar.

During April 1940 the Ringar became part of the Norwegian Home Fleet.

At the end of World War II the Ringar was at Tonsberg. It was sold in July 1946 to Decker & Montemurro Ltd., Buenos Aires, Argentina and renamed the Clelia Decker.

It was sold in 1949 to Incomfin, Zürich and renamed Melide (Panamanian flag?).

Sold in 1951 to Anstalt Melide (Italnavi Soc. di Nav. SpA), Panama.

Sold during 1953 to San Antonio SA (Cia. Armatoriale Italiana SAS, Venice), Panama. In 1953 a 7 cylinder 2T DV DM (Sulzer Brothers, Winterthur) diesel engine was installed producing 3,300 bhp.

Sold in 1957 to Overseas Enterprises Inc. (Soc. di Gestione Marittima e Commerciale SarL, Trieste), Panama and renamed Montreux. Arrived Kaohsiung on March 10th 1967 for scrapping.

Details

Built: 1921
Launched: 1922
Tons: 9,000dwt (some sources 8,863dwt); 5,013 gross tons, 3,028 net tons
Length: 415ft
Breadth: 54.3ft
Draught: 25.4ft
Propulsion (to 1953): 2 x 4ST60 Sulzer Winterthur built diesel engines, each producing 1,350bhp at 100rpm.
Propulsion (from 1953): 1 x 7cyl Sulzer diesel engine producing 3,300bhp.
Auxiliary engines: 2 x 4SS31, each producing 330bhp at 210rpm and 1 x MC12 producing 12bhp at 450rpm (to power an auxiliary compressor?).
Screws: 2
Speed: 11 knots
Crew: ??

Sources
Sulzer List of Motorships approx 1933
Pacific Marine Review Vol 18 October 1921

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